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Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, Oct. 9

Xinhua, October 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two opposing draft resolutions: a French-Spanish version and the other by Russia, on Saturday failed to be approved by the UN Security Council in response to the current situation in Syria.

The first one, drafted by France and Spain, was vetoed by Russia, a permanent council member, while the Moscow-sponsored draft failed to gain nine votes in favor, the minimum of supporting votes required for a draft to be adopted by the 15-nation UN council, instead gaining nine votes against. (UN-Syria)

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MOSCOW -- The France-sponsored drafted resolution of the United Nations Security Council on Syria is "politicized, unbalanced and one-sided," the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday after Moscow vetoed the drafted resolution in a vote earlier in the day.

The draft, presented immediately after the United States refused to fulfill the Russia-U.S. agreement on Syrian settlement, "grossly distorted the real situation," as it placed all the blame for the escalation of tensions on the government of the country (Syria), the ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page. (Russia-Syria)

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RIYADH -- The Saudi-led coalition denied on Saturday carrying any air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa, sources from the coalition confirmed to local news Al Arabiya.

Earlier on Saturday, Yemen's acting health minister Ghazi Ismail said the Saudi-led coalition air strikes on a funeral hall in Sanaa have killed 82 and injured 534.

The mourning ceremony was held for the father of the acting interior minister and rebel Houthi loyalist Jalal al-Ruwaishan. (Saudi Arabia-Yemen)

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PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday denounced an "unspeakable and intolerable" Molotov cocktail attack against police officers who were on surveillance mission in Viry-Chatillon, southern Paris, the president's office said in a press release.h "The assault against four policemen... is unspeakable and intolerable because it endangered the lives of officers whose job was to protect the population," French president said. (France-Hollande) Endi